Chapter 834: 834-The One Who Killed Her Mother
Helanie:
I began to climb a little higher. I knew Norman had stayed behind, and I couldn’t spot Maximus. As I moved through the trees, I noticed a large, open ground.
There were no trees there, or maybe they had been cut down. I couldn’t be certain, but as I was about to step onto the clearing, I saw someone else was already there.
"Charlotte!" I groaned, stepping onto the ground. Suddenly, it felt like something shot high into the sky, like a vibration running through the air.
I turned and noticed blue lines covering the entire area of the ground, almost like twirling laser beans. I could even feel the vibrations coming from them. It didn’t make any sense.
I know Darcy spoke about them, but who was controlling them? Had to be Darcy herself.
Charlotte and I exchanged a look. I could tell she didn’t understand it either.
Then my attention went back to Maximus, who was now snarling and howling louder than ever. I looked up at the sky and saw the clouds gathering.
Why was it that every time we faced a war, the clouds would gather and the weather would turn bad? It was as if, whenever we were in trouble, even nature conspired against us.
"What the heck are you doing here, Charlotte?" I screamed. Maximus started grunting and jumped toward her before she could even respond.
She swiftly turned to the side, and he landed on the ground. I could tell he wasn’t feeling well, probably because he hadn’t drunk any blood.
Usually, his brothers would feed him, mostly Emmet letting him drink. But this time, Maximus hadn’t had any blood, and I could tell he didn’t want to drink from anyone until both of us were in front of him. Now he was suddenly losing his mind.
"I am his mate, " she shouted, and I clenched my jaw.
"Really? Who did you have to kill to become his mate?" The minute I said that, I watched the color drain from her face. It felt so good to finally confront her for her actions.
I noticed her posture beginning to falter. The confidence she had first displayed was gone. Once I reminded her that the mate bond she felt with him wasn’t real, that they had forged it, she turned pale.
"I don’t know what you’re talking about," she almost whispered. The strong wind couldn’t make me listen to her, and I had to keep an eye on Maximus because he kept attacking us.
After striking her, he looked at me and ran toward me. I had to rush away and scream at him to stop, but he was only getting more anxious.
"What is she doing here?" Then I heard Norman. Finally, he had arrived. I guess he couldn’t stand back any longer. But the minute he stepped forward and tried to cross the blue lines, I watched him get thrown back. That’s when fear struck both Charlotte and me.
"Norman!" I screamed, rushing toward the lines but stopping short. I knew I couldn’t go further. They would drain my energy.
"I’m fine. Keep an eye on Maximus," Norman screamed, holding his left arm while trying to get up. I spun around just in time to dodge Maximus as he lunged to claw me.
"Maximus! What are you doing? I’m Helanie", I called him, but he was moving too fast. It was getting difficult.
"Why did you come? I was going to take care of everything," Charlotte said, complaining as she stood at the corner of the ground. I didn’t know how she planned to do that when she didn’t even feel like approaching Maximus.
"Really? You wanted to help him? How? Like you helped your mother when you killed her?" I said without stopping, because there was no point in pretending I didn’t know anymore.
From the look on her face, I could tell I was right. She covered her mouth and whimpered slightly.
"I did not. It was fate and–," she couldn’t finish because she knew it was a lie. She had killed her mother.
"How could you have done this? Just for the fake mate bond? Are you serious?" I said, and I could see look at the disgust on my face.
"You don’t know anything. If everything was prepared for you on a tray, I had to work for it. That’s how I know I deserve him. And I’m the one who can save him," she yelled, placing a hand on her chest and tapping it.
But the minute Maximus turned to pay attention to her, she screamed and rushed toward the other corner.
Maximus got on all fours and ran after her. She swiftly jumped out of the way, making him hit the lasers and get tossed across the ground.
"Charlotte, what the fuck are you doing?" I screamed at her, realizing this was her way of ’helping’ him.
"What? He was attacking me!" she screamed back.
I wanted to rush toward him so badly, but he was already on his feet, ready to attack again.
"As for you saying I killed my mother—yes, I did!" she screamed.
As Maximus ran over, I noticed her adjusting her body near the laser. This time, when he jumped, she repeated the trick, making him fall and grunt in pain.
I was getting so angry with her. This wasn’t how she was supposed to fix him. She was just hurting him.
Maximus was so angry that he couldn’t comprehend that the laser wires were stopping him from leaving and keeping anyone else from coming inside.
Not only that, it showed that the curse had consumed him because he could no longer think clearly, and Charlotte was taking advantage of it.
As he began to crawl to get up, Charlotte came face to face with me.
"You should have never come between us," she hissed, her eyes showing how much animosity she had for me.
"Of course, this is what you would say, and I’m sure it’s not hard for you to kill someone. You already killed your mother."
As soon as I said that, I watched her eyes narrow, showing anger at being confronted with the truth, at seeing herself reflected in the mirror.
"You know, your mother always used to say this to me, that she was proud of her daughter, that her daughter would never put her through stress. I wish I had been there to watch her in her last moments and remind her that her fate was sealed by none other than her selfish, ugly daughter."
The minute I said that, I kicked her in the stomach, making her fall all the way back, right at the feet of Maximus.